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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oriel Lamb dream about in Chapter IX?
(a) Floating in the ocean.
(b) Drowning in a river.
(c) Kangaroos.
(d) Bushfires.

2. Who does Quick Lamb find in bed beside him when he awakens from his sickness in Chapter VII?
(a) Sam Pickles.
(b) Oriel Lamb.
(c) Rose Pickles.
(d) Fish Lamb.

3. How many previous occupants of Number One Cloud Street died in the house prior to the Pickles family inheriting it?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. Who do Quick and Rose see watching them from the wheat while they’re camping on vacation in Chapter X?
(a) Dolly Pickles.
(b) An older woman.
(c) Naked children.
(d) A black man.

5. What central theme in the novel relates closely with the Pickles family?
(a) Revenge.
(b) The violence of war.
(c) Luck.
(d) Corrupt politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inside the package that Sam receives in the hospital in Chapter I?

2. What Australian slang term from the novel is an affectionate insult referring to someone who is unfashionable?

3. Who mentions that Lester Lamb didn’t sleep in his bed the night before in Chapter VII?

4. What is the name of the baby girl Lon’s bride gives birth to in Chapter X?

5. How old is Fish Lamb in Chapter II?

(see the answer key)

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